Some Facts about Sripuram Golden Temple

• The ‘Sripuram’ temple of Mahalakshmi is made of tonnes of gold gleamed and glittered on 24 August 2007 under the rays of the sun when it was unveiled by Sri Narayanieetam for consecration who is an old godman of 31 years and known as Narayani Amma. It is amongst the wonders of the world for devotees and they say that the only temple completely covered with gold is this temple.

• The workers from Tirupathi Tirumala Devasthanam numbered 400 and above, coppersmiths and goldsmiths have worked for about 6 years to build it with Rs 600 crore Gold for an area of 55,000 Sqft at a stretch of 100 acre in the Malaikodi city, which is at a distance of 6 km North of Tamil Nadu from Vellore.

• Before using Gold, the coppersmiths created a base of copper on the structure of the temple making nine layers beaten of foils. The Mahalakshmi statue is in the sanctum sanctorum which is of stone granite and covered with the gold kavacham.